Thursday, January 16, 2025
Doyle Tippit, age 86, of Salado, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Temple.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, at Scott’s Funeral Home in Gatesville, with Minister Deral McWhorter officiating. Interment followed at Restland Cemetery.
Larry Doyle Tippit was born on Jan. 28, 1938, in the Owl Creek community of Coryell County to the late Marvin Leroy and Alta Sue Bruton Tippit. He grew up in the Hubbard community and attended school in Flat, graduating from Flat High School in 1956. Soon after, he married Sarabeth Fisher on Feb. 22, 1957, and they resided in Gatesville. He served in the Texas Army National Guard for two years. In 1958, he started working at Mid-Tex Telephone in Killeen for 18 years, until 1980, when they moved to Palestine, where he began a career with the Texas Department of Corrections. He worked for 20 years as an Industrial Supervisor for the Texas Correctional Industries, retiring in 2000. After his retirement, they remained in Palestine until moving to Salado in 2006.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Roy Tippit, Billy Gene Tippit, and Ray Tippit.
Doyle is survived by his wife of 67 years, Sarabeth Tippit; daughter, Lisa Gonzales and husband, Andy; sons, Larry Tippit and wife, Sandra, Clif Tippit and wife, Sondra; grandchildren, Haley Avery, Kelly Filsinger, Jennifer Welch, Richard (Ricky) Tippit, Justin Tippit, Lindsey Kelley, Erica Muniz, Lara Esquivel; twenty-two great-grandchildren; and four great, great grandchildren.
